NeuraTiMAndroid Lab

A small favour. A real release.

Help thoughtful apps make it to Google Play.

I build small, private tools independently. Before Google lets a new app launch, real people need to join its closed test. Your place in that test makes the release possible—and your honest feedback makes the app better.

Choose an app to testSee how it works↓

Free to join · Leave whenever you like · No review required

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Your opt-in changes the outcome

Google currently requires eligible new personal developer accounts to keep at least 12 testers opted in for 14 continuous days before applying for production access. Without that small group, an app cannot reach the public store.

Google Play
12testers opted in
14continuous days
→one step closer to release

Protected by the Play Store

A test build, through Google’s official route

You install from Google Play—not from an APK or an unfamiliar download page.

  • Google Play distributes the test build securely.
  • Play Protect checks Play Store apps before download and scans installed apps.
  • You control app permissions and can leave the test or uninstall at any time.
  • Apps store data locally by default. Optional sync, sharing and feedback may send data as described in each app’s privacy policy. Google Play testing requires your Google account email.

A fair question

Free apps, free testing — so where's the catch?

If the word “free” makes you look for the hidden price, you've been paying attention. Look here as long as you like — this is all you'll find:

The apps stay free after the test

The apps stay free, without ads, behavioural tracking or in-app purchases. Optional sync, sharing and feedback follow each app’s privacy policy; joining an Android test uses your Google account.

Your email does exactly one job

Google enrols testers by Google account, so your address goes on the tester list and receives test updates — nothing else. No marketing, never shared, and you can leave the list whenever you like.

Nothing is asked of you but patience

No review, no rating, no minimum usage. Install the app, stay opted in, and open it when you're curious — that is the entire job.

What I get is a release, not revenue

These apps earn nothing by design. Your opt-in gives me the one thing I can't buy or build myself: the small group of real testers Google requires before a free app may reach the public store.

That's the whole trade: fourteen days of your patience, and another genuinely free app — no subscription, no ads, no catch — becomes available to everyone.

Three easy steps

Join once. Explore at your own pace.

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Pick what interests you

Choose one app or several. Each test is independent.

02

Request test access

Send the email for the Google account used on your Android device. I will add it to the tester list and email you when access is ready.

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Try it and stay opted in

Use the app when convenient. Staying enrolled for 14 days is the part that unlocks a release; private feedback is a welcome bonus.

The workshop

Choose what you’d like to help release

Cards link to web builds when available. You can request Android access for apps in closed testing. Apps in internal testing are not available to the public. Web builds may contain bugs.

CanvasForge

NeuraTiM

A private, offline image editor.

Internal testing

Public testing is not available yet.

Recordry

NeuraTiM

Local-first flexible forms and logbooks.

Internal testing

Public testing is not available yet.

Possessionary

NeuraTiM

A private, offline inventory of the things you own.

Internal testing

Public testing is not available yet.

FrameOSU

NeuraTiM

A private, offline reel editor.

Android closed testLive workbench
Web build coming later
About this appDevelopment build · expect rough edges

timLinq

NeuraTiM

Private, direct file transfers between nearby devices, even without internet.

Android closed testLive workbench
Web build coming later
About this appDevelopment build · expect rough edges

That’s genuinely enough.

Choose an app, stay opted in, and use it only when you feel like it. A few minutes of curiosity can open the door to a public release.

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